ProPublica Non-profit specializing in investigative journalism in the public interest.Project Syndicate Opinions from around the world.Talking Points Memo Political news organization, founded in 2000.Vox Background, analysis, and simple explanations of news stories.

Periodicals

Political Magazines

American Conservative Semi-monthly political magazine of traditional conservatism.American ProspectSemi-monthly liberal political magazine.American SpectatorConservative monthly political magazine published 10 times a year.City JournalA quarterly magazine of urban affairs, published by the Manhattan Institute.CommentaryA monthly political magazine that is a strong voice of neoconservatism.DemocracyA quarterly journal of progressive ideas.DissentA quarterly of politics and culture from the left.The EuropeanOnline magazine that debates the issues of the day.Independent ReviewQuarterly interdisciplinary journal on economics and government policy.Mother JonesBi-monthly liberal political magazine. Ms. Magazine Bi-monthly magazine covering women's issues.The NationWeekly liberal political magazine.National AffairsQuarterly conservative journal on domestic policy, political economy, society, culture, and political thought.National JournalWeekly non-partisan journal of public policy. National ReviewBi-monthly conservative political magazine.New RepublicPublished 10 times a year, a liberal magazine of politics and culture.New StatesmanA weekly UK political, cultural and current affairs magazine.Prospect Monthly UK magazine focused on politics, economics, and current issues.ReasonMonthly libertarian political magazine.Roll CallPublished daily when Congress is in session; otherwise once a week.SalonOnline magazine covering news, politics, culture, technology, and entertainment.SlateOnline magazine of politics, news, business, technology, and culture.The SpectatorWeekly UK conservative political magazine.Spiked Online UK current-affairs magazine.Washington MonthlyA political magazine looking into improving government.Weekly StandardNeo-conservative political magazine.

General Interest Magazines

Aeon An online magazine of ideas and culture.American ScholarQuarterly magazine of public affairs, literature, science, history, and culture published by the Phi Beta Kappa Society.AtlanticPublished 10 times a year, the magazine covers arts, economics, foreign affairs, politics, technology, books, and culture.Boston ReviewSemi-monthly on politics, economics, ethics, religion, philosophy, science, and literature.The HumanistOnline hub for news, politics, science, and culture from a humanist perspective.Intelligent LifeBi-monthly lifestyle and culture magazine.Lapham's Quarterly Each issue addresses a current topic and looks to voices from the present and the past for answers. n + 1Published three times a year, a magazine of literature, culture, and politics.New CriterionA monthly review of the arts and intellectual life.New York Times MagazineWeekly.New YorkerWeekly cultural and journalistic magazine.Rolling StoneBimonthly on politics and popular culture. Standpoint Monthly U.K. cultural and political magazine.The WalrusMonthly general interest Canadian magazine.Wilson QuarterlyMagazine of ideas, culture, and news by Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Cultural and Literary Magazines

ArionA journal of humanities and the classics at Boston University.Critical Flame An online journal of literature and culture. Fortnightly ReviewA U.K. online journal of ideas and culture.Hudson ReviewA quarterly magazine of literature.Humanities Bimonthly magazine published by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Lambda Literary ReviewOnline LGBT literary magazine.Paris ReviewQuarterly literary magazine famous for its long interviews of literary figures.The Smart Set From Drexel University, an online magazine of culture, ideas, arts, science, politics, and philosophy.3:AM Criticism, essays, fiction, poetry, and interviews with intellectuals.Threepenny Review Quarterly literary magazine.

Scholarly Journals

Directory of Open Access Journals Free, full text, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Almost 1,000 journals are listed and over 1,000 of them are searchable for articles.NewJour Information about and access to online journals, magazines, and newsletters.Project Muse Titles from university presses, scholarly societies, and journals.Law Reviews Online A listing of law reviews that make their content available online.Google Scholar Search many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles from scholarly organizations.

Periodical Indexes

IngentaConnect Database of brief descriptions of millions of articles taken from more than 30,000 periodicals.HighBeam Research Search its large database of articles for free. For a small monthly fee, you can download the articles. MagPortal.com Find free magazine articles searchable and categorized.

Books

Book Reviews

New York Times Book Review Review Its Back Issues contain the text of every book review since 1996.New York Review of Books Free, searchable archive of some lengthy book reviews.Amazon.com Huge catalog of books. Search for books by author, title, subject, or keyword. Most books have reviews.Barnes & Noble Another large, searchable catalog of books, most with reviews.Kirkus Book review magazine founded in 1933.Book TV Featured programs reviewing non-fiction books. Also BookNotes, an archive of 1989-2004 interviews of authors, indexed by name and category. [more] A complete listing of reviews from magazines, blogs, and other sources plus book notes, analyses, and summaries of books.

Disinformation

Snopes: Urban Legends Reference Pages A database of urban legends tracking down each legend's origins and truthfulness.Urban Legends A collection of comments on urban legends from the alt.folklore.urban archives.About.com: Urban Legends Another large collection of urban legends.Purportal.com Search the major urban legend sites.Museum of Hoaxes Searchable and browsable by category and historical era.Stats.org The site monitors the media to expose the abuse of science and statistics before people are misled and public policy is distorted. FactCheck.org A non-partisan, non-profit organization that monitors the factual accuracy of political TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Fallacies Explanations of logical fallacies.Stephen's Guide to the Logical Fallacies Another guide to fallacies.Wikipedia: Propaganda Good article and links.Propaganda Critic Site dedicated to propaganda analysis. Wikipedia: List of Cognitive Biases Includes propaganda and other things that distort reality.Break the Chain Searchable database of articles on currently circulating e-mail chain letters. Chain Letters A critical discussion of these letters and examples of some in circulation.Scambook A platform for reporting and resolving complaints and scams.VMyths Searchable and browsable database on computer virus myths and hoaxes.Quackwatch A guide to health-related frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct.Skeptic's Dictionary A collection of articles on paranormal phenomena, hoaxes, junk science, and New Age beliefs. CSI Online Committee for Skeptical Inquiry scientifically investigates paranormal and fringe-science claims.

Other Specialized Searches

Twitter Search Search the information being transmitted to Twitter every second.Turbo 10 A search engine for the "invisible web," databases not usually searched.WayBackMachine To find web pages that no longer exist, you can surf pages stored in the Internet Archive's web archive.Public Information Databases More than 5,000 public U.S. and international databases.Pretrieve A public record search engine.

Directories

Web Directories

About.com A directory of hundreds of topic-specific sites, each managed by an expert on the topic.WWW Virtual Library The oldest directory of the web, the VL is run by volunteers who compile links for their area of expertise.Awesome Library A guide to resources that have been reviewed and found to be of high quality.Open Directory Project A comprehensive directory of the web, developed by volunteer editors.

Quotations

Wikiquote A huge collection quotations, searchable and browsable by theme, author, and much more. It tells each quotation's source and even lists quotations misattributed to the author. Bartleby's Quotation Books Searchable copies of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919), Simpson's Contemporary Quotations (1988), Columbia World of Quotations (1996), and Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989).Oxford Shakespeare Search Shakespeare's complete works. From Bartleby.Search the Bible A concordance with different translations.Quoteland Large quotation collection grouped by author and topic. Searchable. GIGA Quotes A collection of thousands of ancient and modern quotations, aphorisms, maxims, proverbs, sayings, truisms, mottoes, etc. Browsable by authors or topics.QuoteWorld Browse by category or author or search by keyword.BrainyQuote Collection of quotes searchable and browsable by topic, author, or type of author.ThinkExist Thousands of quotations searchable and browsable by topic, author, or keyword.Quote-O-Matic Many quotations.

Experts and Advice

Think Tanks

RAND A well-known non-profit institute that researches various issues and publishes select papers on the Internet.Brookings A non-profit research organization that serves as an independent analyst of public policy issues. Many of its publications are online.Cato Institute A non-partisan public policy research foundation that examines issues from a libertarian perspective. Many of its publications are online.Center for American Progress A non-partisan research and educational institute dedicated to promoting a strong, just and free America that ensures opportunity for all Americans.Heritage Foundation A think tank whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies. Its site discusses many issues.Hoover Institution A non-profit focusing mainly on foreign policy. Some of its publications are online.Urban Institute A non-partisan economic and social policy organization. The site has information on many current topics.

Philosophy Bites Podcasts of major modern philosophers "interviewed on "bite-sized topics."PhilosophyTalk A radio program on philosophical issues hosted by two Stanford professors. Archives are online. Philosopher's Zone An Australian show looking at the world of philosophy and issues through philosophical analysis. Archives are online.BBC: In Our Time: Philosophy Archive Archive of radio programs related to philosophy.

Erratic Impact: The Philosophy Research Base Integrating text resources with online resources, this study guide aids those interested in philosophy and its related fields. Radical Academy A rich source of essays, histories, and discussions on philosophy.Philosophy Pages Includes a dictionary of philosophy, history of philosophy, a timeline, discussions of major philosophers, principles of logic, a study guide, and links.

PBS: Space Links to PBS programs on science.Windows to the Universe The site is written in three reading levels approximating elementary, middle school and high school reading levels. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). AstronomyOnline Explanations and resources.

Brian Cox British particle physicist.Brian Green Physicist, author, co-founder of the World Science Festival.Physics Central Offers answers to questions, daily updates on physics in the news, descriptions of the latest research, and links.

WebMath Over 100 instant-answer, self-help math solvers provide help on math problems. Also browse completely solved math problems. Math24-7 A collaborative community for students, educators, parents, and others to help each other with learning and teaching math.SOS Math A free resource for math review material from algebra to differential equations.Math Forum at Drexel Tremendous resources for all levels of math.MathWorld An extensive mathematics resource.MathPages Articles on many subjects in math.Dan's Math Great all-purpose site with lessons, links, podcasts, a blog, and more.NRICH Free mathematics enrichment resources for pupils of all ages and teachers. From University of Cambridge's Faculty of Education and the Centre for Mathematical Sciences.Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles Many puzzles dealing with all levels of math.Math10 Explanations and lessons on many areas of math.Coolmath Fun stuff for all levels of math.279 Math Applets Interactive formulas for math at different levels.Cut the Knot Hundreds of math applets for arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and more.Open Problem Garden A collection of unsolved problems in mathematics.Intermath A professional development effort designed to support teachers in algebra, geometry, number concept, and data analysis.

The Math Factor Quality math talk since 2004, a production of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.MathGrad.com Discussion of the math behind many real life topics.Math Mutation Podcast Short podcasts for people of all ages, exploring fun, interesting, or weird corners of math. MathVids Free math instructional videos from middle school to college level.

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